Word: warded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...jury system,"said Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor," compels us all to call the verdict justified. But it causes thought. The accused man confessed the killing. He did not go on the stand, or offer any defense, produce a single witness. Except a speech by his lawyer, who said Ward killed, in self-defense, a man attempting to blackmail him, he declined to give further information on the ground that it would disgrace his family. And the jury acquitted...
...thing is certain about the Ward case?it again illustrates the shocking delays of the law. The tale told by the revolving hands of the clock and by its immobile companion, the calendar...
...Walter S. Ward notified the authorities that he had shot Peters in self-defense, while subject to blackmail...
...June 15, Ward was indicted for murder by a Westchester County Grand Jury...
...Sept. 12, Ward was brought to trial...